Police investigate Tamaki over ‘heaven’s hit list’ video www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... #nzpol

Police investigate Tamaki over ‘heaven’s hit list’ video

The Destiny Church leader targeted government agencies, political parties, religions and more in his ‘Heaven’s hit list’.

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Roderick Mulgan (Free Speech Union board member) lobbied Simeon Brown; Brown appointed him to the Medical Council. UK FSU founder Toby Young attended a private UCL eugenics conference in 2018. That's the 'free speech' movement's character reference. #nzpol

New Yorker cartoon feels about right

Toxic ideologues working for private, self & corporate interests 🤢🤮 Government poised to ram through reckless demolition of environmental protections #nzpol

Government poised to ram through reckless demolition of environmental protections - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Parliament is set to vote today on what Greenpeace says is the most reckless demolition of environmental protections in a generation. 

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Hello NZ govt 👋, maybe this is a better approach than building more prisons & punishing beneficiaries? Hard to argue with the numbers #nzpol

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 11h ago

This has aged worse than sour milk. "Luxon rejected suggestions that a Defence Force flight allowed greater flexibility." #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Christopher Luxon commits to flying commercial if elected

Opposition leader Christopher Luxon says he will not use Defence Force planes to travel internationally if elected as prime minister.

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Sign the Petition

Remove Winston Peters as Foreign Minister for racist remarks

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Australia are supporting the ICC, but one wonders where our Trump-supporting PM and his Trumpian Foreign Minister will land on this. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/8...

US vows to dismantle International Criminal Court. Experts say it's 'very worrying'

At the turn of the century, more than a hundred countries voted in favour of establishing a court that would investigate and prosecute individuals accused of the gravest international crimes.

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Good to see science and universities bundled into the same analysis rather than treated as separate entities (as they are by their dismemberment in separate government departments). But it would be QUITE NICE if 'science' could be construed in the European sense of science. It's not STEM alone.

Time for Andy Burnham to smile on UK science

Waning support for basic research threatens Britain’s technology ambitions

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... taking a "comfort break" as the Mayor calls them. Back about 12.35pm I think. Next item up is the CEO and CFO update. There is a late item - the Mayor's reshuffle - which will be controversial. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-... ...

Wayne Brown digs out the last of the CAVEs

The mayor is promoting collaborators and demoting those who have built a career saying no.

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Oof. @bernardchickey.bsky.social on "the democratic deficit": 📉Enrolment of 18-24-year-olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70% 😱Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023 😞Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young thekaka.substack.com/p/a-generati...

A generation being disenfranchised in plain sight

Enrolment of 18-24 year olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70%; Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023; Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young

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Luxon's office again hiding information from #OIA responses. Seems like a cultue of compulsive dishonesty #nzqt

Luxon is shooting from the lip again. In other words, lying. And his office is still not managing OIAs as per the rules.

Katya@nzkatya.bsky.social · 2d ago

So Luxon claims he has official advice that Data Centres won't increase energy costs but, when the Greens requested a copy of the advice via an OIA, his office says there wasn't any advice and Luxon was just repeating their talking points, then Nicola says MBIE gave her advice ....🤡 #nzpol

More racism from Winston Peters and NZ First. Only NZ citizens are eligible for the baby bonus (and it didn't work in Hungary or Poland, the countries he cites as increasing birth rates after introducing financial incentives). www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Analysis: Winston’s $45k baby bonus may not really be about babies

New Zealand First’s Kiwi Kids grant is an anti-immigration policy dressed up as a baby bonus, writes Jenna Lynch

stuff.co.nz

This ad has been the subject of an ASA complaint. But they apply a frankly, imho, ridiculous standard to political ads and says it was fine. asa.co.nz/decision/26-...

henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 2d ago

National says it’s “triple your taxes” ads refer to three parties wanting to raise taxes. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Retire. #NzPol

'Turn that thing off': Peters terminates interview after just 96 seconds

Winston Peters had told a Stuff journalist to “piss off” after they asked questions about other instances of violent rhetoric and behaviour toward MPs.

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This tracks. Senior NZ First youth figure linked to neo-Nazi group www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361... #nzpol

This is crazy

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 2d ago

"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

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Go Wales ❤️ www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Gianni Infantino: Wales first nation to withdraw support for Fifa president

Wales become the first nation to publicly withdraw backing for Gianni Infantino's bid to continue his leadership of Fifa.

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LOL - Loose Old Luxon has no idea. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-...

I get it, Prime Minister, I wouldn’t want to call Winston Peters either

The prime minister had a bad weekend. It didn’t get any better during his regular Monday morning RNZ interview.

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Survivors of abuse in care hand-delivered flowers to Parliament. The flowers were picked from the grounds of hospitals and care residences that were sites of abuse, and marked 2 years since the damning findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry. My #cartoon today #NZpol #AbuseInCare #ChildWelfare

To vote in this years general election you need to be enrolled by midnight, 13 days before Election Day. Days left to enrol or update your details. Maori Roll: 3 days General Roll: 83 days Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol

how? HOW can one man be this fucking pathetic and weak.

Luxon plans chat with Peters about 'racist' remarks 'at some point', says they've both 'been on the road'

The prime minister is yet to pick up the phone to Winston Peters after his tirade towards a Chinese-born MP in Parliament last week, saying he will talk to the foreign minister "at some point".

rnz.co.nz

Anne Salmond: A tale of two leaders Two contrasting outlooks for the future society NZ can become bring into sharp relief the issues facing the country in the leadup to the election #nzpol

Anne Salmond: A tale of two leaders

Two contrasting outlooks for the future society NZ can become bring into sharp relief the issues facing the country in the leadup to the electio

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So Luxon’s response to what he said in Rotorua is to lie. Good to know. Business leaders equal to government, Christopher Luxon says, days after 'parent-child mentality' comments www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Business leaders equal to government, Christopher Luxon says, days after 'parent-child mentality' comments

The prime minister says the government and business owners are equal players, and must work together to drive economic growth.

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A truck dying in the middle of active firefighting operations is a firefighter's worst nightmare. 🚨 Early yesterday in Hamilton, a pump failed and the truck completely shut down mid-fire. It leaves crews exposed, defenseless, and without water. When will FENZ take action?

FRONT PAGE 📰 New Plymouth firefighters slam FENZ cost-cutting plans to use volunteers for emergency cover at career stations. Ōākura & NP West Volunteer CFOs back the NZPFU, calling the move a "significant reduction in frontline capability" and an unacceptable burden.

Meta enters AI-training agreement with far-right 'propaganda rag' Newsmax According to the company's announcement, Meta's platforms will use Newsmax content to train their AI how to answer questions from users www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Meta enters AI-training agreement with far-right 'propaganda rag' Newsmax

According to the company's announcement, Meta's platforms will use Newsmax content to train their AI how to answer questions from users

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This is the result of deliberate political choices. Vote these bastards out. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Disability support cuts criticised as child poverty report highlights growing hardship

An advocate for children with disabilities says families are skipping food to pay for essential items.

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